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Police
said Dela Cruz was sitting at a table inside an eatery and sending text
messages through his mobile phone along
the Gapan-Olongapo Road in Barangay San Nicolas at around 8:50 am Friday when a
lone gunman appeared and shot him repeatedly at point-blank range with a
caliber 45 pistol.

The gunman, wearing a bull cap and a
white t-shirt, and described as fair complexioned, between 5’5” to 5’7” in
height, medium built and fled on foot towards Barangay Sto. Niño.

Dela
Cruz’s co-employee Rick Angelo Sarmiento rushed him to the Good Samaritan
Hospital for treatment. He appeared strong despite sustaining gunshot wounds
and at the hospital bed, pointed to Lazaro as the one who ordered the attack.

He
died two hours later while being operated on.

A
police team led by Senior Inspector Jeffrey Alivia arrested Lazaro during a
follow-up operation. The gunman remained at large.

Pengson
said they are looking at an old grudge as the motive behind the killing. He
said the dispute between Lazaro and the victim started when the latter refused
to obey Lazaro’s orders to embalm the remains of a man due to lack of certain
procedural requirements.

Pengson
said the rift worsened when Dela Cruz reported Lazaro’s “extracurricular
activities” to the company’s top management in Manila. He said Dela Cruz has in
his possession a video showing Lazaro’s having an affair with another man apart
from her husband who is set to return soon from abroad.

The
video footage has been turned over to the police before the victim died.

Recovered
from the crime scene were three live ammunitions from a caliber .45 pistol. (Manny Galvez)